First Tenants Move Into Chicago Dwellings Association Housing
Mr and Mrs John P Faulkner become the first residents of the CDA middle income housing for the elderly at List and Cottage Grove Street They attend a front door ceremony. A co sponsored meeting with Churches and Synagogues will be held Tuesday at 2 PM to discuss eligibility for couples 62 or older with income not exceeding 4800 a year.
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Supersonic B-58 Bomber On View At City Museum
A supersonic bomber model is on view at Science and Industry on 57th and the Outer Drive through August 30. The display, part of the museum's space age balcony, highlights the B-58 with past records of 1300 mph speeds and 60 000 feet ceilings. It weighs 160 000 pounds and measures 56 feet 10 inches by 96 feet 9 inches.
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Science and Industry
Postal station opens on Drexel in nine weeks
A new postal station will open on Drexel in nine weeks with multiple daily pickups and trained clerks familiar with postal regulations including foreign mail. The Drexel site was chosen to boost parcel post volume and consolidate Hyde Park ZIP zones 60615 and 60637 under the new coding system.
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Sulewski
Hyde Park
23rd State Rep Expansion Proposal Faces Senate Veto Threat
The 23rd district expansion plan moves from House action toward the Senate, with Governor Kerner signaling a possible veto. Hyde Park-Kenwood anchors the district’s northern edge, occupying a minority of its area and population. Dems Abner Mikva and Robert Mann and Republican Noble Lee are named as local figures within the district. The map includes most of Hyde Park and portions of the fourth and eighth wards.
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Noble Lee
Woodlawn
Student Race Debate Spurs District Boundary Change
A student story sparks a district realignment plan adding 14 664 residents to the current 141 747. The proposed area lies between 75th and 81st streets, Stony Island and Jeffery, and 79th to 81st Jeffery to the lake. Republican control of the Senate and a looming statewide election heighten chances of approval with potential district shifts for Chicago.
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